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Usually, the news that someone is about to write, direct, produce and star in some film of no clear description for Paramount wouldn’t seem particularly worthy of notice until the parties involved release a few more details. But when the “someone” in question is 74 year-old Warren Beatty, the one-time Hollywood monarch whose name hasn’t […]
Beatty got back
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:35 am · June 21st, 2011
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Arthur Penn (1922-2010)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:23 am · September 29th, 2010
I had a bad feeling that after Gloria Stuart and Sally Menke we were bound to get a third (as it always happens), and so we have. Arthur Penn has passed away a day after his 88th birthday. He’s obviously best known for helming 1968’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” which changed the face of American cinema […]
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TCM’s ‘Summer Under the Stars’ posters
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:35 am · July 13th, 2009
Brad Brevet over at Rope of Silicon points me today over to the Turner Classic Movies website, which, in preparation for August’s mega “Summer Under the Stars” program, has released a modest series of redesigned posters for a few of the classic films set to be screened. The “Magnificent Seven” and “Grapes of Wrath” posters […]
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Gangster lovin’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:01 am · June 29th, 2009
Joe Queenan is one of my least favorite Guardian film contributors — too often perversely hard to please — but I did appreciate the boyish honesty of this piece, in which he sheds his usual cineaste grousing to indiscriminately geek out over guns and fedoras. With “Public Enemies” only a few days away, he extols […]
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POLL: The most influential films of all time, round one, part two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · April 22nd, 2009
And with that, part one of the first round of voting comes to a close. Go here for the background on our survey. Today, we have 10 fresh titles in the left sidebar for you to rifle through on the way to choosing THREE worthy of moving forward to the next round. Each poll throughout […]
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OFF THE CARPET: Memo to the Academy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:11 am · December 29th, 2008
–MEMO– TO: Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences FROM: Kristopher Tapley RE: The ballot you recently received Ladies and gentleman, As you sit to ponder the year’s best in your various fields of professional expertise, you might find yourself strong-armed into the consensus view 2008’s film product has been whittled down […]
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THE LISTS: Top 10 biopics
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:20 pm · November 11th, 2008
It’s no real secret that the Academy is partial to the biopic. Big or small, intimate or epic, celebratory or critical, they never seem to tire of the allure of actors channelling real-life figures, past and present. Lately, in the performance categories in particular, biopics have been the surest route to voters’ hearts, with seven […]
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Mr. Beatty, direct another film please?
Posted by John Foote · 2:19 am · June 24th, 2008
Interviewing Warren Beatty a few years ago in Toronto, I was struck at once by his intellect, which is laser sharp. The man misses nothing. He speaks slowly, taking long pauses before he speaks, and avoids personal questions, which I dislike and refuse to ask anyway. He was with Annette Bening at the time, supporting […]
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REVIEW: “The Last King of Scotland” (****)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:26 am · September 2nd, 2006
Every so often a film comes along that is so celebratory of the filmmaking process and fresh in its approach to visually conveying a story that it creatively demolishes anything within earshot. “Metropolis” was an early example, as Fritz Lang opened up the world in front of the camera like no one before. Arthur Penn’s […]
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